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Undercover Message Board......Was it?
RancheroPaul
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Recently many of the "Posters" on this forum became angry for having been used......., but I think for the wrong reasons! Some thought it to be a "College Prank" while others just thought it was a "sick" person with some personal agenda unknown to us. There were some other "reasons" for this behavior offered also, but I feel NONE of these were the true motive for what happened over the summer. Here's what I think actually occurred.
I believe this whole thing was a "TEST" to determine if a Forum such as this could be used for someone's clandestine purposes. These purposes may include such things as propaganda, or disseminating false information, or even for the purpose of providing a "Message Center" with which to post "coded messages" for such a Group's communication needs. The "Personals" column of a newspaper has long been famous for such uses! Why not this Forum?
Am I being paranoid about this? NO! I think I am only being very realistic as to the real possibilities of such a scenario. Why would such effort be put into such an event over the time this event occurred, if the person or persons behind it was only perpetrating a "hoax" for the purpose of doing so, or making a practical joke or experiment for a College course? Such a "TEST" as we experienced did a lot of things for the Posters on this board, but it also showed the Perps a lot of things also. They would have learned where and how they made their mistakes and what to do that worked and what not to do that didn't work or work well. This education was invaluable! I believe they learned a lot from their ruse and endeavor! I doubt we will ever know exactly what we really did experience. But, I also feel we learned enough to know and spot such activities in the future! Whether or not this should be, or is being investigated by some authorities is unknown to me, but I would think the interest of prudence would dictate that it should be. I would definitely encourage such an investigation of this. What do you think about this? I don't want to be "right" or "wrong" on this, just want to share my thoughts regarding such a possibility.
Edited by - RancheroPaul on 09/05/2002 11:22:49
I believe this whole thing was a "TEST" to determine if a Forum such as this could be used for someone's clandestine purposes. These purposes may include such things as propaganda, or disseminating false information, or even for the purpose of providing a "Message Center" with which to post "coded messages" for such a Group's communication needs. The "Personals" column of a newspaper has long been famous for such uses! Why not this Forum?
Am I being paranoid about this? NO! I think I am only being very realistic as to the real possibilities of such a scenario. Why would such effort be put into such an event over the time this event occurred, if the person or persons behind it was only perpetrating a "hoax" for the purpose of doing so, or making a practical joke or experiment for a College course? Such a "TEST" as we experienced did a lot of things for the Posters on this board, but it also showed the Perps a lot of things also. They would have learned where and how they made their mistakes and what to do that worked and what not to do that didn't work or work well. This education was invaluable! I believe they learned a lot from their ruse and endeavor! I doubt we will ever know exactly what we really did experience. But, I also feel we learned enough to know and spot such activities in the future! Whether or not this should be, or is being investigated by some authorities is unknown to me, but I would think the interest of prudence would dictate that it should be. I would definitely encourage such an investigation of this. What do you think about this? I don't want to be "right" or "wrong" on this, just want to share my thoughts regarding such a possibility.
Edited by - RancheroPaul on 09/05/2002 11:22:49
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Why does man kill? He kills for food. But not only for food; frequently, he must have a beverage.
An then ... TURN REALY PARANOID !!!!!!!
400 million cows can't be wrong ( EAT GRASS !!! )
A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
GL
BTW, this was my other $.01
It could be I need to explore the possibility of "joining up with Dread" as he seems to have "cornered the market" so to speak! Hahahaha!!
Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
For example, if one of my people gets tossed in the klink unjustly and we're trying to decide whether or not to go get him out, I could make "Benelli Shotgun" the Go word and Beretta 92FS the Belay word.
So, if Evil were to post a thread about the Benelli Shotgun (That'd be part of the title), then the guys would know to meet at "the spot" and be ready to do the deed.
If I were to post a "Beretta" thread, then they know to stand down and wait for further instruction.
See how easy it'd be? Nobody would be the wiser, either. All you'd think is that Evil is asking for opinions on a certain firearm...Hmmmm....
Se how crazy you'd drive yourself? There's a million possible variations of that very situation, so don't put your brain into ovedrive trying to figure it all out.
Focus on more inportant things like political activism in your home state and neighborhood.
When was the last time you printed up some flyers and handed them out at the mall....
Stand And Be Counted
Well...I thought it was funny.
Why does man kill? He kills for food. But not only for food; frequently, he must have a beverage.
Or to sour us on this board, and get so dejected that we will stop posting, and therefore stop communicating with each other,therefore fracturing 2nd amendment support?(sorry about the long run-on sentence,I think faster than I can type.)
Just a thought.
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Everyone responded, and now they have all the information..........
Dread said it was going to happen!
Rugster
Toujours Pret
TOOLS
When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now that I am growen, I just wish I could act like a child and get away with it.
PBR Streetgang, this is Almighty..over.
Reserving my Right to Arm Bears!!!!
Now I am not sure if I should go there or wait. Maybe I will go there and wait there. Why couldn't you just say, "get Blackie and the boys and meet me at the hideout."
A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
Edited by - He Dog on 09/05/2002 18:39:51
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400 million cows can't be wrong ( EAT GRASS !!! )
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Bartman
- Life NRA Member
"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
When they come to get your GUNS, make sure to give them the AMMO first!!!
his father doesn't claim him, and worst of all HE'S A LOUSY SHOT!!!
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When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
Some do understand what that means.... *LOL....Korean...and I aint going further with it ... *LOL
Lil' Stinker's Opinion
glen e nuinez
Did you know it is "Lurkers" that watch for months.....then decide they have something spectacular to say and "join up" to say it?
It seems sort of like the "TROLL" might have gotten trolled out.
You're definitely right about one thing....this is the Internet. That means your arrival and your philosphy was expected by many and by me! Welcome......we did need a replacement BullS**ter!
Oh yes, "What the hell are Federal High Shocks?" Here we go again!
Edited by - RancheroPaul on 09/06/2002 12:45:21
We've been waiting for you.....
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Edited by - thesoundguy1 on 09/06/2002 13:59:32
Trust me, there are a lot others who have your number, also! Your own comments state you've watched for months......now suddenly you are overcome by your own need to spout great thoughts and philosophy....so you join up and begin......Hahahahaha! That is Beautiful!
You're right....I don't have a lot of posts for having been around a couple of years.......not just a day like you. Pisses me off too! But, you seem to know a lot about me for only having been around for less than 48 hours......but I have a life which doesn't let me wallow in "bullsh**" 24 hours a day like you seem to have. Now you just go ahead and post your little brain to death.....I can't hardly wait for more of your "intelligent bullsh**!"
Do you know why they say a leopard doesn't change his spots? Habits are hard to break! Now, I'll just sit back and watch the Professional weave his/her tangled web of deceit!
Edited by - RancheroPaul on 09/06/2002 13:03:21
But the type of person that would perpetuate a bad "joke" like the one that ran on this board, is exactly the way I described him in my earlier post on this thread.I've faced down gutless punks like him in the past and I'll do it again,if this mush-brained, man-b!+(#, had the nads to meet me IRL.But, alas that will never happen, because the scumbag is the type of person that likes to take cheap shots then run.
That's why he is married to his computer!He is not man enough to stand up in a face-to-face confrontation.He doesn't take responsability for his actions. When things go wrong in his life, it's always someone else's fault.That's what makes him a liberal POS.
This is a guy that lives off his rich, emotionally void parents, in the garage apartment, next to his parents house, and gets the attention
he never got from mommy and daddy by doing things like this!
In short this the kind of guy that should be out-lawed from ever
procreating!
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Just wondering....how is it possible to "spot such activities in the future?"
Faldum
You should dangle from a tree.
Your flesh should rot and skin should boil,
And burry you not beneath the soil.
Let demons feast upon your soul
because you are a real as-hole!
When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
Lets move on OK !
JD
400 million cows can't be wrong ( EAT GRASS !!! )
Sometimes I favor registration and confirmation by a valid no record police certification and use of the real name to enter forums as this , but because some abuse of their freedoms I dont want anyone loosing their rights here as we have done in our numbered and monitored real lives... For me It stops here.....
Lets move on OK !
JD
400 million cows can't be wrong ( EAT GRASS !!! )
Dread.....Is that really you?
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